Judge, 1925-12-12 · page 9 of 37
Judge — December 12, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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# Political Cartoon & Satire Analysis This Judge magazine page (1925) contains satirical humor about modern American life: **"Unrecorded Accidents of 1925"** by R.K. Hall lists absurdly specific statistics mocking both human carelessness and contemporary concerns—mosquito-borne disease, Prohibition-era whisky scarcity, dangerous automobiles, infant dangers, and mundane household accidents. The humor lies in treating trivial mishaps with census-like precision. **"Judge Nominates for the Hall of Fame: Cleopatra"** humorously honors the historical figure for "inventing" the cherry cocktail and maintaining her reputation as history's greatest seductress *without* modern Hollywood's press agents or scandalous fashion. It's gentle satire of 1920s celebrity culture's manufactured glamour. The remaining items are lighter social commentary: a poem about courtship expenses leading to unwanted marriage, and a theater joke about an actress's "realistic" fear stemming from Ford automobile rides. The grotesque hand imagery at top appears to represent legal judgment or fate crushing ordinary people—visualizing the page's theme of life's random hazards.
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= —— _——— | Unrecorded Accidents of 1925 47,699 men, ignoring all feminine warnings, struck at mosquitoes and left blood stains on the wall paper. 17 men got drinks of bona-fide, prewar whisky. 11 motorists beat the express to the crossing. 492,147 babies swallowed coppers, safety pins, baby brooches and but- tons, and had to be X-rayed. 9,803 people lost their footing dn waxed floors. 1 man was hanged in Chicago: he was hanged if he'd eat spinach. 13,649,911 men cut themselves while shaving. 8 boarders found the bathroom un- occupied before breakfast the first time they tried the handle of the door. 6,440,766 people, mounting the stairs in the dark, took one more step than was necessary. 1 man came out ahead on the races (he dropped dead from the excite- ment of winning $28.40 the first time he played the ponies). R. K. Hall Jupce Nominates for the Hall of Fame CLEOPATRA | Because, by dissolving pearls in her cocktails she originated the cherry idea; because her “needle” in Central Park is the only monu- ment in the country which doesn’t commemorate something; but most of all because, without the aid of a Hollywood press agent or a hokum hipless gown, she succeeded in making a reputation as the greatest Vamp of the Ages. The hand of the law as it seems to the transgressor. Presents Requested I USED to take her candy Every time I called around For I liked the look of pleasure in her eyes; And I sent her flowers daily Although pretty soon I found It kept me broke and wasn’t very Well, it seemed to make her happy So I gladly paid the fee And it saved a lot of argument and strife. But I sort of overdid it For she went and married me— And now I've got to keep it up for life. Phil Rosa Ingenuity “When the heroine enters in the first act to face the blackmailer she quivers like a leaf. It is the most realistic piece of acting I have ever seen. I don’t see how she can do it.” “Easy. She makes a practice of riding to the theater in a Ford.” PDD You have to make allowances, when you've got a son at college. comicbooks.com